Tanori's Raid
| Tanori's Raid | |||||||
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| Part of Second French intervention in Mexico | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| United States | Second Mexican Empire | ||||||
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| Units involved | |||||||
| 1st California Cavalry Battalion (Co.C&D) | Opata volunteers | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| ~150 | 350 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| none | none | ||||||
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Tanorori's Raid occurred when a force of about 350 Opata volunteers, under the command of Colonel Refugio Tánori, attacked the ranching community of San Rafael, Arizona. The raid was an attempt to capture Sonora Governor Ignacio Pesqueira.